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ESG tops inflation, rate hikes as key priority for fixed income investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... prioritisation for ESG integration - 44% of North American respondents view ESG integration as the top priority, while 38% of EMEA respondents cited ESG and 36% of APAC respondents did so. SSGA head of investments, Australia Jonathan Shead, pointed out ...

Investors putting climate change at centre of strategy: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... Robeco has issued its global climate survey report, which sampled the views of 300 institutional and wholesale investors in EMEA, North America and Asia Pacific ranging in size from less than US$1 billion to more than US$1 trillion in assets under management. ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management augments APAC sustainability team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... development and investor education initiatives. Shimada is currently working for J.P. Morgan Asset Management in London as a EMEA sustainable investing strategist, and will be relocating to Hong Kong for the new role. She joined JPMAM in 2010 and has ...

JANA hires first head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... previously worked in senior counsel and legal roles across the UK and Australia, including as regulatory counsel for APAC and EMEA at State Street Bank, and as an investigator in enforcement and financial crime division of the UK's Financial Conduct ...

Investors integrating ESG into securities lending: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... redesigned to include ESG criteria using the R-Factor approach. State Street will also look to develop a similar solution in EMEA and Asia Pacific, including Australia. "We will also launch a registered version of the fund so that US mutual fund clients ...

Korea Housing Finance Corporation prices COVID-19 social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... especially in the time of economic difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic," KHFC said. By geography, 92% of orders were from EMEA and a broad range of high-quality investors from 13 different European countries anchored the book. In terms of the breakdown ...

HKEX, SSGA join Climate Bond Initiative Partners Programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... the CBI to further develop its market-building efforts in green finance and sustainable fixed income," said Stephen Yeats, EMEA head of fixed income, cash and currency, SSGA. "Our participation will add breadth and depth to CBI's objectives in developing ...

Man Group to augment responsible investment, stewardship activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... my colleague Steven Desmyter, who became Head or Responsible Investment last year in addition to being Head of Sales for EMEA" The dual role structure is "pragmatic," Mitchell said. "We've had a useful combination of roles in Steven who is a member of ...

Man Group appoints Steven Desmyter head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment Committee. Desmyter is currently a member of Man Group's Executive Committee and head of sales across EMEA and will also continue in his current role. As head of responsible investment, Desmyter will lead Man Group's" focus on ...

Majority of investors believe ESG-focused investment improve returns: SSgA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... respondents have some level of ESG engagement with the companies in which they invest, compared to 70% in the US and 58% in EMEA. SSgA believes that engagement is a core part of their business as a fund manager, Anderson said. "It's important for us ...